Senior Finance Lead – Treasury

Sutton, Surrey
London Borough of Sutton

About the Role

Senior Finance Lead – Treasury

Grade 9 £43,815 – £51,903 (£53,946 unconsolidated maximum)

We are looking for experienced and qualified Senior Finance Lead to join our Commercial Finance and Investment team, situated within the Shared Finance Service of the London Borough of Sutton and Royal Borough of Kingston.

Your role will entail supporting the Head of Commercial Finance and Investment to deliver and develop the Treasury Management function across Sutton and Kingston Councils. Ensuring the Councils comply with all statutory requirements and deadlines, balancing planned and reactive requirements and delivering subject matter expertise on all treasury management requirements.

You will work flexibly and in line with our values, supporting the Commercial Finance and Investment function by leading on Treasury Management activities and contributing to the wider capital & commercial remit of the team.

For more information and an informal conversation regarding the roles, please review the Role Profile and/or contact Alex Essilfie-Bondzie, Head of Commercial Finance & Investments ()

About Us

The Shared Finance Service was established in April 2017 and provides financial services to the London Borough of Sutton and the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. We have many customers including, front-line Council services, Councillors, residents, Council owned companies, businesses and partner organisations from other sectors. We deliver professional accountancy and financial management, commercial advice and expert analysis, innovative finance operations and financial inclusion services for vulnerable residents.

We have achieved a lot since coming into operation in 2017 and are ambitious in our vision to do more. We were delighted to have been shortlisted for a 2020 Public Finance Award for Alternative Service Delivery Model of the Year. These awards celebrate the best in public finance services and recognise inspiration, innovation and exceptional achievement.

About You

We would expect the successful candidates to demonstrate the following competencies:

• Knowledge and experience of delivering an effective treasury management function for a local authority or similar body.
• Experience in managing cash flows, investments and debt portfolios for large organisations.
• Experience of developing and delivering proposals for continuous and cost effective improvement to service delivery and be able to coordinate, supervise or direct the work of others.
• Proven experience of using digital technology effectively to deliver customer focused activities including Google applications, Word, Excel (advanced level), Powerpoint and software packages to record and manipulate data.

Our Offer to You

As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across – however big or small – will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.

In addition, we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff, supported by our IT infrastructure, including Google Chromebooks and Google Apps.

Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, some of which include:

• Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply)
• Flexi-time (Please note, this applies to roles at grades 1-9 only)
• Comprehensive learning and development programme
• Local and national discounts for shopping, eating out and leisure activities
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Car parking scheme
• Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme
• Zip car scheme
• Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses
• Confidential wellbeing and counselling support
• Subsidised gym membership